Ryan Dannar's Album Reviews
It might be hard to argue that this album is highest-tier KG -- but for all its diversity, this album provides a very solid and coherent listen. It's interesting how, even on a record like this, where KG is presenting bits and bobs from all over the map (rather than focusing on a smaller selection of sounds), the end-result still all feels like the work of the same band. The production certainly helps, as everything here is given the same level of studio-polish.
It's true that some people might prefer the overall consistency of an album like Nonagon Infinity to the deliberate hodgepodge presented here. But personally, I think there's a strong argument to be made for this sort of hodgepodge. It has its own appeal. To be frank, some of KG's more "consistent" albums can start to feel a little monochromatic after a handful of tracks. The diversity presented here keeps things fresh throughout.
And after the pandemic, on an album whose title, in part, seems to be celebrating a sense of "togetherness," it only seems right that KG should present such a disparate assembly of tracks. There is a pleasing conceptual quality in this.
It's true that some people might prefer the overall consistency of an album like Nonagon Infinity to the deliberate hodgepodge presented here. But personally, I think there's a strong argument to be made for this sort of hodgepodge. It has its own appeal. To be frank, some of KG's more "consistent" albums can start to feel a little monochromatic after a handful of tracks. The diversity presented here keeps things fresh throughout.
And after the pandemic, on an album whose title, in part, seems to be celebrating a sense of "togetherness," it only seems right that KG should present such a disparate assembly of tracks. There is a pleasing conceptual quality in this.
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